High/low beam The high beams stay on and will not change back to low beam, is it the high/low beam relay and where is it. I was driving the car and went to change from high to low and it just stopped working

I checked the relay box and there isn't a relay for the hi/low headlights. Repair manual doesn't say anything helpful on the switch either. I checked the relay box and there isn't a relay for the hi/low headlights. Repair manual doesn't say anything helpful on the switch either.

it sounds to me then like the switch on the steering column and it may have to be replaced and if it does have to be replaced make sure the air bag fuse is out and unpluged so it does not deploy while taking the switch out it sounds to me then like the switch on the steering column and it may have to be replaced and if it does have to be replaced make sure the air bag fuse is out and unpluged so it does not deploy while taking the switch out

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if you hook the driving lights to the low beam circuit you will be in breach of traffic regulations the regulation reads that driving lights can only be operated with high beams and on selection of low beam , the lights have to go out
added to that is the clause --the driving lights most be extinguishable when on high beam by the use of a separate isolation switch
now the circuit is really simple
you place a relay for each driving light in a suitable place
you run a fused wire from the battery to the relay and then to each light
to make those relays work you connect a wire from the existing high beam relays connections(m piggy back or like connection) so that when on high beam the trigger power that puts the headlights on also triggers the driving light relays
Now to meet regulations you run ground wires for the driving lights back to a switch in the cabin then to ground

The headlamps are controlled by the Body Control Module (BCM) The first thing I would check for is the Headlamp Hi Relay. It is located in the underhood fuse/relay box. If pulling the relay out turns your high beams off, try taking out the low beam relay and putting it in the high beam position. If the headlamps stay off, try plugging the high beam relay into the low beam position. If the low beams now come on, the relay is shorted.

If none of this works, I would recommend scanning your BCM to see if there are any fault codes.